Boonville vs Jonesville

A side-by-side comparison of Boonville and Jonesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Boonville and Jonesville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesville has the higher population (2,782 vs 1,502 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $28,257 in Jonesville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $117,500 in Jonesville).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Jonesville
Population	1,502	2,782
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$28,257
Median home value	$167,300	$117,500
Median gross rent	$735	$500
Housing units	663	1,451
Homeownership rate	69.9%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Jonesville
Population	1,077 → 1,502 (+39.5%)	2,551 → 2,782 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$34,865 → $77,500 (+122.3%)	$26,919 → $28,257 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$137,000 → $167,300 (+22.1%)	$98,600 → $117,500 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$563 → $500 (-11.2%)

Boonville

Population

1,0771,502

Median household income

$34,865$77,500

Median home value

$137,000$167,300

Median gross rent

$588$735

Jonesville

Population

2,5512,782

Median household income

$26,919$28,257

Median home value

$98,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$563$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Jonesville
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.3%
75 and over	10.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Jonesville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Jonesville
No high school diploma	10.5%	18.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Jonesville
Drove alone	81.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Jonesville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Jonesville
Poverty rate	13.1%	23.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1976	1968